(2021-09-29). COVID-19 Detention Camps: Are Government Round-Ups of Resistors in Our Future? dissidentvoice.org No doubt concentration camps were a means, a menace used to keep order. — Albert Speer, Nuremberg Trials It's no longer a question of whether the government will lock up Americans for defying its mandates but when. This is what we know: the government has the means, the muscle and the motivation to detain individuals …
(2021-09-29). Venezuela Denounces Detention of Two FANB Members by Colombia. orinocotribune.com Venezuela condemned the "arbitrary detention" of two of its military personnel by Colombia and has demanded their immediate release to avoid unnecessary tensions between the two countries. | The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela has denounced the "arbitrary detention" of two of its members by Colombian authorities in the town of Cúcuta, in the department of Norte de Santander at the Colombia-Venezuela border. | According to a statement published on Tuesday, September 28, by the FANB on Twitter, Wilter Alexis González Miranda and Gabriel Antonio Veloz Varela, two Venezuelan sergeants were apprehe…
(2021-09-29). Mexico Talks: Dialogue Table Condemns Xenophobia Against Venezuelan Migrants in Chile. orinocotribune.com Both the Venezuelan government and opposition delegations jointly condemned the xenophobic acts perpetrated against Venezuelan migrants in Chile this weekend. This was announced on Monday, September 27, by Dag Nylander, spokesperson of the facilitator team of the Kingdom of Norway, at the end of the third phase of the Venezuelan dialogue held in Mexico City. Both delegations expressed their absolute condemnation for the acts of xenophobia and violence against Venezuelan families that occurred this Saturday in the Chilean city of Iquique, denouncing the acts as a very serious violation of human rights. The delegat…
(2021-09-29). Four political parties announce bloc to resist president Saied's power grab in Tunisia. peoplesdispatch.org 20 Tunisian and international human rights groups also denounced the president's actions in a joint statement, calling them unilateral, authoritarian and in violation of the Tunisian constitution…
(2021-09-29). Video: The Reality of Human Rights in Australia. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2021-09-29). Liverpool mobilizes against the AOC Europe arms fair. zcomm.org After two decades of war in Afghanistan, there is no option but to protest a conference for companies complicit in human rights violations…
(2021-09-29). Torres Strait Islanders say: 'Our Islands, Our Home'. greenleft.org.au Eight Torres Strait Islander Elders are taking the federal government to the United Nations Human Rights Committee over its inaction on climate change. Reports Coral Wynter.
(2021-09-29). Why the Taliban's Promise to Stop the Opium Trade Rings Hollow. independentmediainstitute.org One of the first announcements the Taliban made after seizing power in Afghanistan in August was that they were going to "ban the production and sale of drugs." But, as with other promises of change made by the Taliban, from women's rights to press freedoms, there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical about its …
(2021-09-29). Violent deportations of Haitian refugees expose Biden's record on migrant rights. peoplesdispatch.org The violent expulsion of Haitian migrants in Del Rio, at the behest of the Joe Biden administration, has put a spotlight on the president's record of continuing Trump-era laws to expel hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and undocumented migrants…
(2021-09-29). For Afghan Women, the Frightening Return of 'Vice and Virtue'. fpif.org There is no better symbol for the disappearance of women's rights in Afghanistan than the end of the Ministry of Women's Affairs and the return of the Ministry for Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. When the Taliban on September 7 announced their new interim government, the vice and virtue The situation has a fe…
(2021-09-29). First Available Data Shows Countries Are Using Special Drawing Rights to Stabilize Their Economies and Address the Pandemic. cepr.net On August 23, 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) allocated $650 billion worth of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to its members to add liquidity to the global economy during unprecedented health and economic crises caused by COVID-19. SDRs, which are an international reserve asset, can be exchanged or donated among member countries, meaning the injection …
(2021-09-29). The Entire Korean Peninsula as an American Satrapy? dissidentvoice.org 
Foreign Affairs (FA) magazine, published by the right-wing Council on Foreign Relations, has recently published some articles on taking advantage of economic challenges faced by North Korea. On 29 July, FA says, "Change is underway on the Korean Peninsula. FA posits that sanctions have worked for the US, as can be gleaned from the article's …
(2021-09-28). Arkansas jail uses inmates to test fake COVID cure ivermectin. peoplesworld.org 
Last month, people detained in a Fayetteville, Arkansas jail became the unwitting subjects of an unsafe experiment—like many incarcerated people before them. In late August, a county official revealed during a budget meeting that a doctor employed at the Washington County Detention Center had been treating COVID-19-positive incarcerated people with ivermectin. The anti-parasitic drug has garnered increased media attention …
(2021-09-28). Families of suspected IS-linked detainees in Syria file court action against Canada. middleeasteye.net 
Families of suspected IS-linked detainees in Syria file court action against Canada | Canadian government accused of failing to repatriate dozens of its own nationals from camps in northeast Syria | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 19: 38 | A picture taken at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp on 14 September 2021, where relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters are being held (AFP) | The families of more…
(2021-09-28). China's 'Hostage Diplomacy' Wins. popularresistance.org Big crowds greeted Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou's arrival back in China, which believes its show of strength against America forced Washington to back down in this three-year standoff. | The biggest story of the weekend saw Meng released from house detention in Canada and returned to China, while Beijing subsequently released two Canadian prisoners it had accused of spying. The development brought an end to a horrific three-year saga for all involved. | On arrival in Shenzhen, Meng, the company's chief financial officer, was greeted with a hero's welcome, including thousands who gathered at the airport to…
(2021-09-28). Understaffed, Unsanitary ICE Facility in New Mexico Fails Annual Inspection. aclu.org This piece originally appeared on the ACLU of New Mexico's The privately-run ICE detention center in Torrance County, New Mexico failed its government inspection earlier this year, with a newly released report finding severe understaffing, unsanitary food, and visitation rules that were inaccessible to people with no money, among other complaints. | The
(2021-09-28). Refusing food, medicine or court hearings, Palestinians fight administrative detention. middleeasteye.net 
Refusing food, medicine or court hearings, Palestinians fight administrative detention | A dozen Palestinians imprisoned by Israel have been staging various forms of strike in protest of a policy denounced as violating their rights to fair trial | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 14: 36 | Palestinian Ghazanfar Abu Atwan speaks to members of the media in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on 9 July 2021, shortly a…
(2021-09-28). UN Condemns Xenophobic Attacks on Venezuelan Migrants in Chile. orinocotribune.com 
The UN and Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned of an increase in xenophobia in Chile due to attacks on Venezuelan migrants in the northern regions of the South American country. | Felipe González, special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants at the United Nations, described the attack on Venezuelan migrants in Iquique, in northern Chile, as "unacceptable humiliation." | "The xenophobic discourse, equating migration with crime, which unfortunately has become more and more frequent in Chile, feeds this kind of barbarism," he said on Sunday through his Twitter account. | In turn, the United Nations Children's Fund…
(2021-09-28). Tunisia: Global rights groups slam president's 'power grab'. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisia: Global rights groups slam president's 'power grab' | Around 20 organisations issue statement warning of a slide back towards authoritarianism under Kais Saied | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 11: 36 | 'The people want the fall of the coup,' protesters chanted in the centre of Tunis along Habib Bourguiba Avenue (AFP) | Around 20 global and Tunisian human rights groups have condemned a "power gr…
(2021-09-28). Child Labor: Which Side are Democracies On? counterpunch.org Two years ago, when Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro favorably promoted the idea of labor for children as young as eight or nine, his minister for Human Rights, Family, and Women shot back: "Let us be clear that for children to work is a violation of their rights, something that cannot be allowed." The Brazilian National Forum for
(2021-09-28). 'Like nothing happened': Protesters slam NSO Group's presence at UK-backed fair. middleeasteye.net 
'Like nothing happened': Protesters slam NSO Group's presence at UK-backed fair | After dozens of UK citizens identified as alleged hacking victims, demonstrators are disappointed that the Israeli firm is among exhibitors at the London event | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 12: 05 | A protest by human rights advocates outside the International Security Expo in London on 28 September, 2021 (MEE/Dania Akkad) | Human ri…
(2021-09-28). America's Fate: Oligarchy Or Autocracy. popularresistance.org The competing systems of power in the United States are divided between oligarchy and autocracy. There are no other alternatives. Neither are pleasant. Each have peculiar and distasteful characteristics. Each pays lip service to the fictions of democracy and constitutional rights. And each exacerbates the widening social and political divide and the potential for violent conflict. | The oligarchs from the establishment Republican Party, figures such as Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney, George and Jeb Bush and Bill Kristol, have joined forces with the oligarchs in the Democratic Party to defy the autocrats in the new Repub…
(2021-09-28). Creating a Powerful, Broad-Based Moral Movement. progressive.org Today's voting rights and economic justice advocates must apply two key lessons from the courageous activists of a half-century ago.
(2021-09-28). Here's What You Need to Know About the White House's Plan to Promote Voting Access. aclu.org Today on voter registration day, the Biden administration has a crucial opportunity to promote voting access. This past March, the Biden administration issued an executive order instructing federal agencies to put together plans to promote voting access through voter registration. The federal agencies will submit their plans to the White House this month. Especially with the innumerable attacks on the right to vote — more than
(2021-09-28). Australian student association attacking political rights on campus. wsws.org At a recent online meeting, the University of Newcastle Student Association sought to defend new guidelines prohibiting affiliated clubs from "proselytising," i.e., fighting for a perspective, on campus.
(2021-09-28). Stop the Fascist Assault on Abortion Rights! indybay.org The Refuse Fascism Bay Area Chapter will feature a Handmaid's Tale contingent for the Women's March. Costumes will be available. | Assemble 10: 30am | West side of Main Library | 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco…
(2021-09-28). Wide support for farmers' all-India mobilization against Modi's pro-agribusiness laws. wsws.org The farmers' protest is an indication of mounting opposition to the Modi government over its assault on working people's social and democratic rights and its criminal mishandling of the pandemic.
(2021-09-28). Can AI qualify as an "inventor" for the purposes of patent law? ukhumanrightsblog.com 
Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents Trade Marks and Designs [2021] EWCA Civ 1374 The Court of Appeal has ruled that an artificial intelligence machine cannot qualify as an "inventor" for the purposes of Sections 7 and 13 of the Patents Act because it is not a person. Further, in determining whether a person had …
(2021-09-28). The struggle for reproductive rights is global. peoplesdispatch.org Capitalism's need for the reproduction and care of the labor force was institutionalized during the creation of the modern state, which legislated the biological determinism of women towards the home, motherhood and the private sphere of social reproduction. Since then, the women of the world have been organized, fighting for a concept of citizenship that does not exclude women, migrants, LGTBQ or racialized people. In this struggle, they have widened the path of democracy and brought forth revolutions, as well as broadening the theory and practice that transform the world. | This path has been one of twists and…
(2021-09-28). Venezuela and the U.S. Left at a Crossroads. zcomm.org The U.S. Left's natural allies in Venezuela are the activists and grassroots movements fighting for the rights of workers, Indigenous peoples, women, and LGBTQI+ communities…
(2021-09-28). Egypt again postpones trial of prominent rights activist Patrick Zaki. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt again postpones trial of prominent rights activist Patrick Zaki | University researcher was arrested in 2020 following publication of an article about the plight of Egypt's Christians | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 14: 50 | Egyptian authorities arrested Patrick Zaki in February last year, on charges including the spreading of false news (Twitter) | An Egyptian court postponed the trial of prominent rights activist…
(2021-09-28). ICC prosecutor plans to exclude US from Afghan war crimes probe and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the possible exclusion of the U.S. from an ICC war crimes probe in Afghanistan, an appeal to the EU by rights groups to address rights violations in Saudi Arabia, and more…
(2021-09-28). Danny Glover Under Cover for Big Pharma and Insurance Companies. counterpunch.org Ask your liberal friends about Danny Glover. They will say — superstar actor featured in the Lethal Weapon film series. Civil rights activist. Democracy Now regular. Supporter of Bernie Sanders for President and for single payer national health insurance. But ask older Americans who watch a lot of cable television about Danny Glover, and they
(2021-09-28). Iran Calls for Collective Condemnation of US' Use of Terrorism against world's Independent Nations. orinocotribune.com "The US uses sanctions against nations. The US uses terrorism against other nations for its own political goals—most notably the cowardly assassination of General Qassem Soleimani," Amir Abdollahian said during a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York on Thursday. | Amir Abdollahian underlined that a unified voice from the UN against such imperious conduct is necessary. | "Of course, Iran is pursuing [the case] nationally and internationally to bring to justice the perpetrators of the assassination of General Soleimani and his companions," he added. | Amir Abdollahian said the need f…
(2021-09-28). Venezuela's Efforts to Overcome the Pandemic, Political Crisis, and Sanctions: Interview with Carlos Ron. libya360.wordpress.com On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Peoples Dispatch spoke with Carlos Ron, Venezuela's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America. From positive advances in the dialogue process between the constitutional government and the opposition forces, to strengthening regional unity in the CELAC summit, to bringing together 18 countries…
(2021-09-28). Venezuela's efforts to overcome the pandemic, political crisis, and sanctions. peoplesdispatch.org On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Peoples Dispatch spoke with Carlos Ron, Venezuela's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America.
(2021-09-28). US Congress outlines new phase of economic attacks and hybrid war on Nicaragua's Sandinista government. mronline.org 
A House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on September 21 set out plans for the next phase of the United States' hybrid warfare on Nicaragua, which aims to destabilize and ultimately overthrow the Central American nation's leftist Sandinista government.
(2021-09-28). U.S. Congress outlines new phase of economic attacks and hybrid war on Nicaragua's Sandinista government. mronline.org A House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on September 21 set out plans for the next phase of the United States' hybrid warfare on Nicaragua, which aims to destabilize and ultimately overthrow the Central American nation's leftist Sandinista government.
(2021-09-28). Arabic press review: Palestinians welcome UK Labour Party support for sanctions on Israel. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: Palestinians welcome UK Labour Party support for sanctions on Israel | Meanwhile, prominent Egyptian journalist goes on hunger strike, Saudi Arabia sees 8.5% fall in foreign workers and hundreds of Kuwaitis fall victims to cyber | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 15: 26 | Audience voting at the UK Labour Party's conference in Brighton on 26 September 2021 (Reuters) | Abbas says Labour…
